System.Web.Mvc.SelectList is the selected value

[Andy Yu]

I've got a problem with server side binding on the combobox. 

A select list is created in the controller an it is passed a selected value. The list is passed to the view via a view model and then binded to the combobox via BindTo. The correct item is displayed/selected in the combobox when open the page. The problem is that when I open the combobox it shows the text "System.Web.Mvc.SelectList" which isn't a value that exists in the SelectList!

If I view the source I see that the combobox is initialized with "System.Web.Mvc.SelectList" as the selected value?! 

Is this a bug or am I missing something?
 
I've attached a small sample project that visualizes the problem.


Andy

[Jamy]

Andy,

Did you find a resolution to this yet?

I just ran into the same problem.Tested with dropdownitem and it also puts the type name as the selected value.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello,

This happens when the ComboBox UI component and the SelectList collection have same name. The ComboBox tries to find string value ( which will be used to select correct item ) in the ViewData. Hence when ViewData.Eval("Cars") is called then the returned value is "System.Web.Mvc.SelectList". In order to avoid this behavior I will suggest you to change the combobox name.

Best wishes,

Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Andy Yu]

Thanks Georgi!
That solved my problem!

Regards,
Andy